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Kathy Reakes
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Kathy Reaks has worked as a reporter in the local news business since 1984, starting as a news clerk and working her way up. She spent 17 years at Florida Today in Melbourne, Florida as a general assignment reporter, crime reporter, entertainment reporter and restaurant critic. She worked four years at Hometown News as a general assignment reporter, then another two years at Spacecoast Daily in Cocoa Beach, Florida. She attended Eastern Florida State College in Melbourne, Florida.
Duo Wanted For Grand Larceny In Yorktown Apprehended In White Plains
Two Westchester men wanted on attempted grand larceny charges in Yorktown were apprehended in White Plains.
Timothy Haywood, 32, and Jonathan Miranda, 27, both of Yonkers, were arrested on Tuesday, June 25, by White Plains Police on a warrant from the Yorktown Police for alleged grand larceny that took place on April 15, said the Yorktown Police.
Detectives from Yorktown picked up the two men and returned them to Yorktown where they were charged with attempted grand larceny.
Bail was set at $1,500 for Haywood, and $500 for Miranda, police said.
Both men are scheduled to appear in co…
New Power Outage Update: Here Are Latest Numbers On Long Island
More than 18,700 customers across Long Island and the Rockaways remain without power following a series of violent thunderstorms that produced intense straight-line winds that downed trees and utility lines.
As of 4 p.m., Monday, July 1, PSEG has restored service to more than 63,000 customers impacted by yesterday’s significant storm, company officials said.
Suffolk County was hit the hardest with the largest number of outages in the towns of Islip, Huntington, Smithtown, and Babylon, PSEG Long Island officials said.
To help speed the return to power, PSEG said around 48 Con Edison employ…
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash
Funeral services are planned for a 30-year-old Putnam County native who died following a motorcycle crash in Northern Westchester.
Matthew Hickey, of Verplanck, was killed while driving riding a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle east on Kings Ferry Road in Montrose, a hamlet of Cortlandt, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, during a crash with another vehicle, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks.
The crash occurred when a 32-year-old Cortlandt woman, driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee west on Kings Ferry Road, turned left onto Hunt Avenue, but she did not see Hickey, Hicks said.
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ID Released For Easton Man Who Died After Falling Into Norwalk River
An Easton man who died after falling into the Norwalk River on Selleck Street has been identified.
Jozef Gorski, 62, died around 9:24 p.m., Sunday, June 30, after falling into the river, said Norwalk Police Lt. Terrence Blake.
Following a call about the incident, Norwalk Police, Norwalk Fire and Norwalk Hospital EMS responded to are to search for the man who fell and then never resurfaced, Blake said.
Stamford Fire dive personnel located Gorski underwater and brought him to the surface, where he was transferred to the care of EMS.
He was transported to the Norwalk Hos…